Holloway v. State

The plaintiff in error was convicted of a violation of the act of August 15, 1903 (Acts 1903, p. 90), making it a misdemeanor to fraudulently procure money on a labor contract. The evidence for the State conclusively shows that the conviction was wholly unauthorized; and the prosecution seems to have been for the purpose of collecting an old debt, rather than to punish for the fraudulent procurement of money on a contract to perform labor.

On December 24, 1908, the defendant entered into a contract with the prosecutor to perform for him services as a laborer during the year 1909, at $12.50 per…